The Worlds of Renaissance Melancholy

Angus (University College London) Gowland

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Approaching the Anatomy of Melancholy as the culmination of early modern medical, philosophical and spiritual inquiry about melancholy, Gowland examines how Robert Burton exploited the moral psychology central to the Renaissance understanding of the condition to construct a critical vision of his intellectual and political environment.

ISBN-13
9780521867689
ISBN-10
0521867681
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-10-19
Pages
358
Dimensions
229x152x24
Weight
725